American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio v. United States Postal Service

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The instant appeal challenges a decision of the District Court refusing to enforce a labor arbitration award. Because we find that the trial judge simply substituted his judgment for that of the arbitrator, thereby effectively disregarding the legal mandates of the Supreme Court concerning judicial review of labor arbitration awards, we reverse.

The arbitration matter in this case involved a grievance brought by the American Postal Workers Union (the “Union”) on behalf of an employee who had been fired for alleged dishonesty in handling postal transactions. At…